wool
n.
fleece from some animals; clothing made from wool; thread made from wool; (nickname for) frizzy hair
Wool
Wool is the fibre derived from the
fur of animals of the
Caprinae family, principally
sheep, but the hair of certain species of other
mammals such as
goats,
llamas and
rabbits may also be called wool. This article deals explicitly with the wool produced from
domestic sheep.Wool has two qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it has scales which overlap like shingles on a roof and it is
crimped; in some fleeces the wool fibres have more than 20 bends per inch.
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wool
Noun
1. a fabric made from the hair of sheep
(synonym) woolen, woollen
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(substance-holonym) tweed
2. fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
(hypernym) animal fiber, animal fibre
(hyponym) Shetland wool
3. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
(synonym) fleece
(hypernym) coat, pelage
Wool
(n.)
The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.
(n.)
Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
(n.)
A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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